5/10/2006
He Yun Chang
Spacex, Exeter
Works
Works
Liverpool Biennial: 16 September - 26 November 2006
Performance: September 2006 - January 2007
The first solo exhibition in the UK by He Yun Chang takes place at Spacex
and in the Liverpool Biennial at 2 Jordan Street. Over the last eleven
years He Yun Chang has created solo performances in which he places
exceptional physical demands upon himself. The exhibitions showcase
different works in each venue comprising large scale photographs and a
series of films documenting He Yun Chang’s extreme performances. It
includes Casting, for which the artist embedded himself in a concrete block
for 24 hours; and Eyesight Test where he stared directly at 10,000 Watts of
electric light for 60 minutes.
Touring Round Great Britain With A Rock is He Yun Chang’s most challenging
and ambitious performance to date and it is set to become a landmark
project in the history of durational performance art. Starting at a point
on the Northumberland coast, He Yun Chang has casually selected a rock and
set off to carry it around the island of Great Britain in a counter
clockwise direction, eventually to return the rock to the exact location
from where it was taken. The route is a rough circumnavigation of Great
Britain, rather than following the precise coastline, a distance of about
2000 miles.
He Yun Chang: Works is co-produced by Spacex and amino and funded by Arts
Council England. Touring Round Great Britain with a Rock is commissioned by
amino.
Exhibition preview at Spacex Friday 6 October, 6 - 8pm
SPACEX
45 Preston Street, Exeter EX1 1DF
Open Tues - Sat, 10am - 5pm, admission free